Children send their parents to nursing homes for different reasons, but usually it's due to parental illness combined with the children's situation making it difficult to care for them. Many children are working hard to support themselves and nursing parents at home is difficult. If parents develop dementia or paralysis disorders it may be very difficult to keep them at home. However, there are many home-based services now so that even if parents live with children, there can be paid caregivers in the home. People should first research appropriate services and then make a choice from among them.